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Okta Verify / FastPassAuth0 by Okta

	Okta Verify / FastPass Okta 4.5 View full profile ➲	Auth0 by Okta Okta 4.3 View full profile ➲
Ratings
Combined score	4.5	4.3
G2 rating	4.5 (850 reviews)	4.3 (200 reviews)
Gartner rating	4.5 (800 reviews)	4.4 (300 reviews)
PeerSpot rating	8.2 / 10 (160 reviews)	8.0 / 10 (90 reviews)
Gartner MQ	Leader (Access Management MQ 2024 — 9 consecutive years)	Leader (under Okta — Access Management MQ 2024)
Pillar assessment
Protection	Strong	Strong
Operations	Strong	Adequate
Analytics	Strong	Strong
Trust	Strong	Adequate
Best overall	● 4 Strong pillars	2 Strong pillars
MFA / Passwordless Authentication assessment
Phishing-resistant factors	5 / 5	4 / 5
Factor breadth & fallback	4 / 5	4 / 5
Adaptive & risk-based policies	5 / 5	4 / 5
Device posture integration	4 / 5	3 / 5
Authentication telemetry	4 / 5	4 / 5
Admin & privileged protections	4 / 5	3 / 5
Pricing & deployment
Pricing model	per user/month; MFA add-on to Okta Workforce	per MAU (monthly active user); consumption-based
Pricing range	$2-6/user/month for MFA; $6+ for Adaptive MFA	$0.023/MAU; free tier to 7,500 MAU; enterprise custom
Free trial	● Yes — 30 days	● Yes
Minimum seatsLower is better	1	No minimum
Pricing transparency	3 / 5	4 / 5
Deployment time	< 1 week	< 1 week
Implementation complexityLower is better	2 / 5	2 / 5
Fit
Best for	Identity-first enterprises wanting best-of-breed SSO + adaptive MFA across a heterogeneous SaaS environment with the broadest app catalog.	Developers and product teams embedding customer identity (CIAM) and MFA into consumer or B2B applications.
Not suitable for	Orgs prioritising the cheapest MFA option — pricing and 2023 breach history require evaluation	Internal workforce MFA — Auth0 is CIAM focused; Okta Workforce Identity is better for employee SSO
Company size	SMBMid-marketEnterprise	SMBMid-marketEnterprise
Industry strengths	Technology, Financial Services, Healthcare, Education, Retail	Technology, SaaS, E-commerce, Media, B2C Apps
Compliance coverage
AU Essential Eight	●	○
AU Privacy Act	●	○
SOC 2	●	●
HIPAA	●	●
NIST CSF	●	●
PCI-DSS	●	●
CMMC	●	○
GDPR	●	●
NIS2	●	○
DORA	●	○
ISO 27001	●	●

Deployment & support
Deployment models	SaaS	SaaS
OS support	Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android	All (developer SDK)
Cloud platforms	AWS, Azure, GCP	AWS, Azure, GCP
Support channels	Phone, Email, Chat, Dedicated CSM	Email, Chat, Phone (Enterprise), Dedicated CSM
AU local presence	● Yes	● Yes
IRAP assessed	— No	— No
Open source	Proprietary	Proprietary
Strengths
Pros	·FastPass passwordless — phishing-resistant desktop SSO without a password ·7,000+ app integrations — broadest application coverage of any MFA/SSO vendor ·Strong lifecycle management — automates provisioning and deprovisioning with MFA	·Developer-friendly CIAM — most flexible API for embedding auth into customer-facing apps ·Broad social/enterprise identity connections (200+ pre-built) ·Free tier up to 7,500 MAU — accessible for startups and growing products
Watch out for
Cons	·October 2023 support system breach significantly hurt brand trust ·Expensive at scale — modular pricing adds up for enterprise feature sets ·Frequent login re-prompts reported by some end users	·Pricing scales aggressively with MAUs — can become expensive for consumer apps ·Complex policy debugging for advanced rules ·Okta brand impact post-2023 breach applies to Auth0 perception
Switching intelligence
Switch from	RSA SecurID, Microsoft ADFS, Ping Identity (simplicity)	Custom-built auth, AWS Cognito, Firebase Auth
Also considering	Microsoft Entra MFA, Cisco Duo, Yubico YubiKey	Okta Workforce Identity, Microsoft Entra ID